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dc.contributor.authorBach, Aaron JE
dc.contributor.authorStewart, Ian B
dc.contributor.authorDisher, Alice E
dc.contributor.authorCostello, Joseph T
dc.date.accessioned2020-05-25T23:20:48Z
dc.date.available2020-05-25T23:20:48Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.identifier.issn1932-6203
dc.identifier.doi10.1371/journal.pone.0117907
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/394134
dc.description.abstractPurpose Skin temperature assessment has historically been undertaken with conductive devices affixed to the skin. With the development of technology, infrared devices are increasingly utilised in the measurement of skin temperature. Therefore, our purpose was to evaluate the agreement between four skin temperature devices at rest, during exercise in the heat, and recovery. Methods Mean skin temperature ( T¯sk) was assessed in thirty healthy males during 30 min rest (24.0 ± 1.2° C, 56 ± 8%), 30 min cycle in the heat (38.0 ± 0.5° C, 41 ± 2%), and 45 min recovery (24.0 ± 1.3° C, 56 ± 9%). T¯sk was assessed at four sites using two conductive devices (thermistors, iButtons) and two infrared devices (infrared thermometer, infrared camera). Results Bland-Altman plots demonstrated mean bias ± limits of agreement between the thermistors and iButtons as follows (rest, exercise, recovery): -0.01 ± 0.04, 0.26 ± 0.85, -0.37 ± 0.98° C; thermistors and infrared thermometer: 0.34 ± 0.44, -0.44 ± 1.23, -1.04 ± 1.75° C; thermistors and infrared camera (rest, recovery): 0.83 ± 0.77, 1.88 ± 1.87° C. Pairwise comparisons of T¯sk found significant differences (p < 0.05) between thermistors and both infrared devices during resting conditions, and significant differences between the thermistors and all other devices tested during exercise in the heat and recovery. Conclusions These results indicate poor agreement between conductive and infrared devices at rest, during exercise in the heat, and subsequent recovery. Infrared devices may not be suitable for monitoring T¯sk in the presence of, or following, metabolic and environmental induced heat stress.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherPublic Library of Science (PLoS)
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrome0117907:1
dc.relation.ispartofpagetoe0117907:13
dc.relation.ispartofissue2
dc.relation.ispartofjournalPLoS ONE
dc.relation.ispartofvolume10
dc.subject.fieldofresearchSports science and exercise
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4207
dc.titleA comparison between conductive and infrared devices for measuring mean skin temperature at rest, during exercise in the heat, and recovery
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dcterms.bibliographicCitationBach, AJE; Stewart, IB; Disher, AE; Costello, JT, A comparison between conductive and infrared devices for measuring mean skin temperature at rest, during exercise in the heat, and recovery, PLoS ONE, 2015, 10 (2), pp. e0117907:1-e0117907:13
dcterms.dateAccepted2015-01-05
dcterms.licensehttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.date.updated2020-05-25T22:59:00Z
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gro.rights.copyright© 2015 Bach et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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gro.griffith.authorBach, Aaron J.


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